As i am now a granparent I need 5 doors and was looking at the Punto Twinair and the Fiesta,Ford offered me £750 more for my 500 than Fiat did 5 months ago plus £750 off the cost of my new car,Have loved the 500 but needs must ????
The Ecoboost engine is Ford's version of the TA!
you know I really don't know whats wrong with me to not like the TA so much = )Not in the slightest. Whilst it's clever, it hasn't got Multi Air. The EU6 Twin Air adds the three features that the Ecoboost has over the the EU5 TA:
Flow controlled oil pump
Electronically controlled thermostat
Exhaust manifold cast within the head, to promote much faster coolant warm up.
The EU6 TA is an engine in a higher state of technological advancement. The Ecoboost is supplied in a higher tune, but the TA has more in reserve, for sure.
The Panda is really ugly and no one is buying it.
8% market share on new sales or in the car market in general?I don't agree on the ugly bit, and sales are picking up in the UK after Fiat woke up and started to give worthwhile discounts.
In Italy the Panda has 8% market share at the moment, so I'd hardly say no one is buying it.
you know I really don't know whats wrong with me to not like the TA so much = )
What can I say; it does not float my boat!
8% market share on new sales or in the car market in general?
In Italy the Fiat Panda is literally free, it must be one of the cheapest cars on sale = )
That's what I mean, for sales in the UK to have anything, they have to sell them really cheap despite it being more practical and of the same build quality of the Fiat 500.
Its just not a looker!
8% of new car sales.
List prices start at €10,400. I don't know how much discount you can get off the car over there, but it would have to be close to 99% to make the car literally free.
Not in the slightest. Whilst it's clever, it hasn't got Multi Air. The EU6 Twin Air adds the three features that the Ecoboost has over the the EU5 TA:
Flow controlled oil pump
Electronically controlled thermostat
Exhaust manifold cast within the head, to promote much faster coolant warm up.
The EU6 TA is an engine in a higher state of technological advancement. The Ecoboost is supplied in a higher tune, but the TA has more in reserve, for sure.
Yes my mom's Golf TSI 160 DSG ran out of coolant the other day, so I put some on and then 2 days later the coolant warning light came on again and was showing no coolant! Thank god the car is leased so we just took it straight to Avis and they gave us an Audi A3 1.8 TFSI S-Tronic to play with. Decent car, but I would never spend 25,000 pounds for one.I think Fiat have always been good at coming up with new engine technology but its the rest of the car that has let them down. However there does seem to be people that will deliberately say i'd never by a Fiat/Alfa because they break, yes they have a few issues but in reality no more than other manufacturers, people will buy a VW because the perceived reliability yet from my experience this isn't the case, drivers will always defend them I don't think the Panda is ugly, and to be honest there are not many cars at that price point that are seriously good looking. The 500 trades on the retro look and i think it has aged well, just like the Mk1 Ford KA, i feel that has aged well.
I have driven the 1.0 100ps ecoboost in the FOcus and it really was a nice engine, hopefully i'll get off my bum and try the TA this weekend. I would be interested to see how far a TA could be pushed though. Does anyone know the differences between the 85 and 105 ps versions ?
Ford have run the 1.0 ecoboost at 225bhp (I think) in a Formula Ford race car and there have been rumors of a 177bhp roadcar appearing.
I think a 500 TA with around 120bhp could be a fun little car, how or if that can be achieved reliably i'd be interested to find out.
hi,
please enlighten me,
is the TA6 in production..??,
- as in does it feature in my 2013 Punto TA..??, as I find that it takes longer to warm-up than my FIRE engines fiats
I like the Twin-air - especially over my FLAT 1.1 Panda,
VERY tight when new but at 2400 miles is starting to free-off nicely,
Charlie
Does anyone know the differences between the 85 and 105 ps versions ?
I think a 500 TA with around 120bhp could be a fun little car, how or if that can be achieved reliably i'd be interested to find out.